OK, i'm off to waddle my preggie butt up our steep driveway in the rain to check if mine is here too - will be gutted if its not!!!

Nope - how gutting was that, bills and crap and thats it, was looking forward to parking my butt on the bed while Leah is asleep and having a good read - better come tomorrow!!

AnnC wrote: Deb i didn't get mine either so perhaps us out of auckland ppl will get ours tomorrow... will be disappointing if we get it 'after' the shops cause why would you subscribe if comes later than the shops

Exactly!!!  I thought they were going to send them out a week before the shops this time round

will be checking the mailbox tomorrow morning!

I have no idea when I will get mine. I still haven't gotten around to subscribing yet and I doubt the 4 Square here will have it.

Yep, that's exactly right -- you can start your subscription with the current issue or with the next issue (which comes out in October). I'm not sure if Four Square are stocking the magazine yet, but I know most supermarkets and bookstores are stocking it. If you don't see it, ask for it -- it might encourage your local store to come to the party! :)

Mines here, haven't had a chance to even open the plastic yet, but soon it will be all quiet and I will get a good look - can't wat.

Ha the 4 square is the only store we have here in the middle of nowhere. I might do the subscription next week.

I can understand your frustration with NZ Post's delivery times, but unfortunately all we can do is continue to follow up with them to find out why there are such vast differences in times when people receive their magazines in different areas of the country.

I wish that we had the resources to post each magazine out at separately the optimum time to ensure it reaches its owner exactly when we want it to, but unfortunately it doesn't quite work that way with any publication! Rest assured we're doing our very best to get the magazine to the mail house as early as possible. Remember we're a very small team and we're doing all that we can to bring you the best quality magazine we can produce, but unfortunately we can't do everything ourselves -- there are an awful lot of steps the magazine goes through between the time it leaves our offices and the time it arrives with you, and we can't control the in-between stuff. We'll certainly try, though!

Bizzy wrote: come on guys, give them a break.... so the shops get it earlier by a day or two... they dont get access to the MAX stuff and its not personally delivered. it doesnt make sense to hassle them about something they have no control over!

We are still entitled to a little frustration.  Isnt it better that we have a little whinge here than stop subscribing (as some people did last time).  This month was an improvement on last but still not quite as we were expecting.    And we DO understand that things are often out of their control but keeping quiet doesnt fix any problems either.

cuppatea wrote: You guys are making more of a fuss about what we said and blowing it totally out of proportion. Far worse stuff gets said on here and quite frankly I think I'm allowed to voice my opinion. If I was annoyed at service from someone else I would voice it so why not about this. In actual fact you guys making such a big deal has now pissed me off about something that I wasn't that bothered about before.

ditto!